New starting December 22nd 2014 friends and family will be able to order Holiday
kits for inmates. please click on the caption below for more details.

In the first few months of Sheriff Lavender's
administration a man power allocation study was conducted in the Ross
County Jail. It was discovered that a two fold problem was
discovered. Efficiency was being affected
and security was being challenged by the intake of offender
property and monies. Further, offender's family and friends were forced
to wait an unacceptable amount of time in order to leave these items.
The fix to this problem was a partnership between the Ross County Jail
and Keefe Commissary Group.

With the institution of a kiosk commissary system
offenders and their families have real time access to their commissary
accounts. Offenders incarcerated in the Ross County Jail have the
ability to order controlled commissary items; audit, in real time, their
"inmate account"; and, in the near future, this system will expand to
allow offenders to communicate electronically with friends, family, and
corrections staff for more efficient commuications.

Current manpower studies have shown that the use
of this system has recovered approximately 40% of the booking officers
man hours which have been refocused on security instead of property
tracking.

The inmate can order a wide variety of hygiene, clothing, candy,
snack foods and beverages. The inmate will receive their
items twice a week.